Police complaints drop 93 percent after deploying body cameras A study from Cambridge University documents an immense drop in complaints against police officers when their departments began using body cameras. But even more surprising is that the data suggests everyone is on their best behavior whether the cameras are present or not. The data was collected in seven police departments in the UK and US, and represents over 1.4 million hours logged by 1,847 officers in 2014 and 2015; the researchers published their data last week in the journal Criminal Justice and Behavior. In a way this is really sad from the perspective of an ever increasing surveillance society but there are two things to remember: Firstly it seems to have a positive effect, and secondly it is also the police themselves who are being monitored hence the lower complaints. See http://ift.tt/2dFdo8J
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